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package org.java_websocket.client;

import java.net.InetAddress;
import java.net.URI;
import java.net.UnknownHostException;

/**
 * Users may implement this interface to override the default DNS lookup offered by the OS.
 *
 * @since 1.4.1
 */
public interface DnsResolver {

  /**
   * Resolves the IP address for the given URI.
   * <p>
   * This method should never return null. If it's not able to resolve the IP address then it should
   * throw an UnknownHostException
   *
   * @param uri The URI to be resolved
   * @return The resolved IP address
   * @throws UnknownHostException if no IP address for the <code>uri</code> could be found.
   */
  InetAddress resolve(URI uri) throws UnknownHostException;

}
